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The PowerPlay III PDA is manufactured in Taiwan and sold online by Empower Technologies, a vendor of Embedded Linux for intelligent appliances. The device is claimed to be Palm IIIxe compatible, from a hardware perspective. But unlike Palm's PDAs, the PowerPlay III runs Empower Technologies' Linux DA O/S… implementation of Embedded Linux for the Dragonball processor.

Another big difference from Palm's PDAs is price: the PowerPlay III is being sold for $99 online, with an introductory price of just $89.

The Linux DA O/S includes fifteen application programs, including the following: Menu, Address Book, Calculator, Clock, CPU Speed, Expense, Memo, Paint, To Do, Schedule. Screen shots of these apps are available here. A description of the Linux DA operating system is available here.

The device is available for purchase beginning September 24, 2001 via Empower Technologies' website, according to Paul Leung, the company's CEO.